Music note-reading workbooks are designed for beginning to intermediate music students
Our music workbooks are designed to increase note-reading skills for beginning-to-intermediate students (of all ages) learning to play the piano, guitar, violin, flute, bass, or the trumpet. As exercises only take one minute per day, it’s great for all ages and attention spans!
Learning to properly read music notes early on is the key to long-term success
Notebusters was created to accelerate the tedious process of learning to identify musical notes. Far too often, students quit their instrument due to frustrations stemming from note reading. Students typically learn to identify notes with mnemonic devices (FACE, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, etc.) or by identifying note patterns that frequently occur in basic music pieces. Mastering sight-reading using only these techniques can slow progress and frustrate students.
Notebusters consists of notes that frequently occur in musical pieces but without patterns. Teaching students to quickly identify random notes along the staff increases their ability to read and play sheet music.
Create accountability and ditch the music note flashcards
Our easy-to-use scoring system creates accountability that is lacking in traditional music flashcard exercises. Music teachers love the ability to track students’ progress with Notebusters and identify areas where they need to increase focus. Students love the affirmation of progress.
Workbooks contain 2,000 - 6,000 musical notes for students to identify
Note-reading exercises are divided into multiple sections that cover an increasing range of notes as the student progresses. Students are first introduced to on-staff notes before being challenged with both on and off-staff notes (ledger line notes). The Guitar and Violin Editions focus on the treble clef while the Piano and Complete Editions encompass both the treble and bass clef. Additionally, the Complete Edition covers the grand staff.
Beginner workbooks contain 80 one-minute note-reading exercises, while the Complete Edition contains 240. Each one-minute exercise contains 24-25 notes for the student to identify and is printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper (similar to standard sheet music). After finishing any of our beginner workbooks, students will have identified 2,000 notes. After finishing the Complete Edition, students will have identified just under 6,000 notes!
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